A fast-growing vine that grows readily in tropical and subtropical regions. It has clear golden-yellow, smooth, heart-shaped veined leaves that are quite appealing and its tubers are edible. However, its underground stems and tubers are a source of suckers and these will assist it to spread over quite large areas if not controlled.

Widespread throughout the tropics, this creeping shoreline perennial is often used in dune stabilisation programs. Its leaves, which have a semisucculent appearance, are threelobed - the leaflets fold up in the hot sun. It has purple-pink peashaped flowers that are borne on upright stems throughout the summer months. Hardy and adaptable, it will grow and flower well in garden situations.

A popular native creeping vine of the tropics that is one of the most common and most widely distributed of all salt tolerant plants. Its sprawling runners spread out from a woody rootstock and have sparse, heart-shaped to rounded leaves. Flowers are purple, 2–5 cm long and freely produced. It is hardy and thrives in harsh environments. A good local alternative.

A sprawling native prostrate shrub that will cover some 2 m or more in area under coastal/ harsh conditions. It may spread to a diameter of 4 m or so in a protected, well watered area. It has round, grey-green to silvery foliage, which also has a quite noticeable spicy fragrance. Its 2–3 cm orchid-like flowers are a rich blue-purple and produced in clusters at the tips of branches throughout the year and adapts well to garden planting.